Improvement in machines for loading hay



* G. GONSTABLE. MACHINE FOR LOADING HAY.

No. 39,215. Patented July 14, 1863.

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UNITED .STATES PATENT; OFF-1GB f GoaDEN coNs'rABLE, or cANNoNsvtLLE, NEWYORK'.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FR- LOADING-HAY.

Specilication forming par't of ILetters Patent No. 39.215. dated .Iuly14, 1863.

To all whom 'it may concern:

ABe ltknown that 1, G.OoNsTABLE,of Gannonsville, in the county ofDelaware and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved E ayBaking and Loading Device; and l dohereby declare that the following isa full,

clear, and exact description of the same, ref-A erence being had to theaccompanying drawings,-making a part of this specification, inl

whichy Fjgurcl is a side sectional view of; my invention, taken in theline x Fig. 2;\Fig. 2, aplan or top view ot' the same; Fig. 3, a de'-tached view ot' a part pertaining to the same;

Fig. 4, detached views of part-s pertaining tov jthe endless rahes;

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The object of;this.invention is to obtain al machine by which hay may beraked up from the field and deposited upon a wagon as the .latter isdrawn along, all the working parts being operated or put in motion fromthe tractioii-wheels of the machine.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understandand construct myinvention, l will proceed to describe it.v

A represents the framing of the machine,

inclined, their front ends being higher than their back ends, as shownclearly in Fig. 1. This framing A is supported by two pairs of wheels, BB. The bacirwheels, B, are placed .loosely on a stationary axle, C; butthe front Wheels, B', are attached permanently to a rotating axle, D,which has a lpinion, d", o n each end of it, and these pinions gear iptoendless racks E '15, which are allowed to slide up and down, said rackshaving plates attached to their outer sides, which plates are fitted invertical guides F F. (See Fig. 3.)

To the axle D a bar, G, is attached by loose` collars e c. AThis bar Ghas a bar, G', attached to it at rightangles, the latter being slottedlongitudinally, having the upper end of a rod, H, passing through it,the lower end of said .rod being attached by a joint, a", to a pendentswivel-bar, f, which projects down from the bar G, and has the axis of awheel, g, connected to it.

Through theupper end of the rod H a-rod, h, passes horizontally, saidrodalso passing through a staple, i, on the bar G. The frontl end of therod h is bent to form a hook, j, which catches into the yback xend, of arcd,vI. This rod I is fitted longitudinallyjn the bottom ofa bed of awagon, J, which isl within .the framing A, and theA front end of the rodI is connected by a rope, 7c, with a windlass, K, at the front end ofthe wagon. By this means the wagon is attached to the framing, and theposition ot' the former in the latter may be varied as desired byytaking up orletting out therope k.

At the lfront part of the framing A there are placed -two'"vertical,rack-bars, l l, which are connected at. theirupperends by. a cross-bar,

111,. Between thelower ends of these rackbars a roller, L, is tted, theperipheryof which is provided with teeth n. pinions o o gearing intothem, said pinions being on a shaft, M, which has a pulley, N, at oneend of it, to which a rope, pkis attached.

O is a brake, which is composed of a bar, pivotedl at its u'pperend tothe framing A, and having,` its lower end connected to ay lever, s, byactuating which the upper part of the bar r is made topress against thepulley N, the bar r being somewhat elastic to admit of a yieldingmovement under the action ot' the le-4 ver s.

In the back part ofthe framing A there is placed a vertical slidingframe, l). This frame is attached at its eudto vertical bars t t,arranged in such a manner as -to slide vertically in the framing A, andin the frame P there is placed a vertical endless rake, Q, which isAFormed of a series of parallel rods, u, connected at their ends bymetallinks o. (See Fig. 4.) On the ends of the rods u there are placed roll,ers tu, which work in endless guides a at each side ofthe fra-me P. Therods u work over notched wheels b', which are placed on ashatt, It, inthe upper part ot' the frame I?. The rake Q is provided'with teeth c',which are constructed of wire, bent in the form as shown clearly in Fig.4. These teeth are attached at one end to the rod u, the teeth of onerod be ing bent or wound around them and fastened into the rod uimmediately infront ofit. The free or disengaged parts of the teeth arecurved The rack-bars l l have 1s-shown i-n Fig. .1, andthe manner inwhich said teeth are attached to their rods vu will be see'nby referringto Fig. 2. By this arrange mentUt-h'e teeth are held or retained inproper l position while the rake is in operation, being v one end ofashaft, U, which is fitted horizon tally in the upright bars t t of the-frame P. On the opposite end of the shaft U there is a pulley, aroundwhich a belt, W,.passes, said belt also passing around a pulley, X, onthe shaft B in the upper part of the trame P. The rake Q may be renderedinoperative at any time by elevating the trame P so -that the wheel'lwill be thrown out ot' gear with the wheelS on the wheel B. Thiselevating of the 'frame is effected by means of a lever, Y,

' which is attached at right angles to one end ot'. ,a shaft, Z, havingarms d* at its ends, as shown by the dotted lines in Figs. l and2.-v

1n the upper part ot' the framing Afthere is an endless rake or carrier,A', which is formed of a series ot' parallel-rods, e', connected atAtheir ends by links f', which are constructed precisely'the same as thelinks .c of the rake Q. rlhe ends ot' the rods e have roll'ersg' onthem, which work on endless guides h at-each side of the framing.Therods e' are connected by metal links i'. (Shown in Fig. 4.) Theselinks vretain the rods e in' ro )er osition revent- 7 v ing them fromturning; Each rode' has a se ries of teeth, j', attached to it, saidteeth bewith lightness. flhe endless rake Q is moved inthe directionindicated by the arrow 1, thrpugh the medium of 'the gearing S T, fromlone of the back wheels B of the-machine and the belt X. The rake Qtakes up the hay from the ground, said rake being adjusted higher orlower, as desired, by operating the lever Y, and the hayis taken fromthe rake'Q by the rake or carrier' A', which is moved in the'directionindicated by arrow 2, through the mediam ofthe gearing B' C'. The rakeor carrier Q discharges the hay upon the roller L, which deposits itinthe wagonJ and presses itvdown therein, the'pressure-oi said roller be--ing due to its own 'gravity only; or,if necessary, an additionalpressure can be given by forcing down the roller through the medium oi'the rope p and pulley N, the pressure ot' the roller being maintained byappl) ing the brake O through lever s. rlhe wagon J is drawn along witha constant movementthat is to say, hasthe same speed as the team. Theframing A, however, hasn-a variable movement given it through the mediumof thepinions d d* and racks E E. The pinions d-X d ,-it will be seen,

of course rotate with the wheels B', and they work entirely around theracks E E, which are what may be termed endless7ones. When the pinionsare on the upper surfacesof the racks the speed of the framing A isslower than that of\ the wagon J, and the roller L will press downthehay from the front toward the back end ot' the wagon, and as thepinions pass around underneath the racks the framing will be increasedin speed a trilie over that otv Athe wagon, and the roller will pressdown the hay from' the back toward the front end ofthe wagon. e

By this arrangement it will be seentliat the wagon will be evenly loadedand the hay properly compressed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is i l. The sliding endless racks E Ein theframing A, in combination with the pinions d on the axle D of the wheelsB', all arranged to operate substantially `as described.

. 2. The .roller L, fitted between the lower ends of the rackbars l l,arranged substantially as shown, when said roller ,is usedv incombination with the endless rakes Q A and the wagon J, for the purposespecified.

3.- Placing the rake Q in a verticallyfadju'stable frame, 13k arranged,as shown, to 4 admit of the adjustment of said rake relatively with theground, as set fort-h, and also for the purpose ot' rendering itoperative or inoperative, as de sired.

GORDEN CONSTABLE.

Witnesses:

J. E. OWENs, 2d, C. MAPLES.

